Hate Speech

Call for strengthening education, awareness to tackle hate

ARTICLE 19 webinar Call for strengthening education, awareness to tackle hate

Speakers at a webinar urged to strengthen awareness and cultural activities as well as ensure proper education to tackle the growing hate speech online and offline

ARTICLE 19 calls for National Plan of Action to counter hate speech

ARTICLE 19 calls for National Plan of Action to counter hate speech

ARTICLE 19, the UK based international human rights organisation, has urged the Bangladesh government to develop and implement a National Plan of Action to counter hate speech

Former BJP spokesperson and leader Nupur Sharma

Derogatory remarks on Prophet Delhi police files case against Nupur Sharma, 8 others

In a move to curb falsehood and misinformation on social media, the IFSO unit of the Delhi police has registered a case against several persons including Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal under ...

Live show on Radio Nalta

ARTICLE 19 on Community Radio Nalta 'Women are the main victims of cybercrime'

Speakers on a radio show organised by ARTICLE 19 said that the true meaning of religion must be conveyed to the people to maintain communal harmony

In this file photo taken on 7 September 2017 unidentified men carry knives and slingshots as they walk past a burning house in Gawdu Tharya village near Maungdaw in Rakhine state in northern Myanmar.

Rohingya atrocities UN investigator 'hopeful' Facebook will hand over more information

The head of a UN team of investigators on Myanmar said on Friday he is hopeful that Facebook will hand over more information to the team as it collects evidence of the most serious international ...

Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan (2R) takes the winning run in the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 24 October 2021

ICC T20 World Cup Former greats come out in support of Shami following online abuse

Tendulkar stated that Shami is a committed, world-class bowler and he had an off day on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium

Students protest against attack on minority Muslims during eviction drive in Assam

Assam gives rise to fresh apprehensions

Landless poor Muslims in Assam are being termed as 'foreigners', that is, Bangladeshis, and hate speech is once again being spewed out as before

Access to information stressed to fight hate speech, misinformation

Access to information stressed to fight hate speech, misinformation

Speakers at a consultation meeting on Saturday voiced concern over the misuse of the Digital Security Act, pervasive hate speeches, both online and offline, against women, as well as religious and ...

A female firethroat is seen in the Sundarbans recently.

Rare firethroat bird

Tanguar Haor has always been in the news because of various migratory birds. It is the favourite location of bird-watchers in winter.

Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken on 27 November 2019

TikTok cracks down on hate of religions, races

Expanded rules against promoting hateful ideologies at TikTok include barring “misinformation and hurtful stereotypes” about Jewish, Muslim and other communities, the company said in a blog post

Rohingyas flee Rakhine state in Myanmar due to military atrocities to neighbouring Bangladesh

Facebook shares ‘first data set’ on Myanmar with UN investigators

Myanmar denies genocide and says its forces were conducting legitimate operations against militants who attacked police posts

Indian Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

BJP plans to block Congress leader’s motions against summoning Facebook

With Shashi Tharoor moving a privilege motion against a BJP MP for questioning his power to unilaterally summon Facebook representatives to a Parliamentary Standing Committee, the BJP has realised ...

Ajit Mohan, vice president and managing director, Facebook India, leaves after an interview with Reuters in Mumbai, India, on 13 June 2019

Indian parliamentary panel to question Facebook on content regulation policy

Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, have faced criticism after a news report said she opposed applying hate-speech rules to some Hindu nationalist individuals and groups, and ...

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